蜜芽传媒

A light-hearted look at the pleasures and hazards of railway travel in Britain in the age of steam, from the first journey of George Stephenson's Locomotion', from Stockton to Darlington on 27 September 1825, to the last scheduled train to be pulled by a steam locomotive on 8 August 1968.

The steam is up; the engine bright and gold.
The fire-king echoes back the guard's shrill cry.
The roaring vapour shrieks out fierce and bold
A moment - and like lightning on we fly. (ANON)

Narrator: David Mahlowe

Written by Norman Longmate.

Producer: Stanley Williamson

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in 1975.